You can't be elected president without passing though Iowa and bowing down before corn-based ethanol, before agricultural subsidies. I mean, even McCain was a critic of ethanol, but when he got to Iowa, he was singing a different tune.

The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.

It's the embrace of corn-based ethanol that has driven up all food prices. It's not making agriculture more sustainable.

When you cook, you get to shop. You get to vote if you want the pastured raised pork or the organic grain. You can get to help produce your agricultural system, and you give that up when you outsource your cooking. You become dependent on what's offered - and that's a shame.

If you're eating grassland meat, your carbon footprint is light and possibly even negative.

Even if you don't think you can cook well, you can cook better than the food industry.